CAIRO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Egypt on Wednesday expressed its condolences to Spain over a deadly train crash near the town of Urda, which killed and injured dozens of people, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Egypt affirms its full solidarity with Spain in this "painful tragedy," the ministry said, expressing condolences to the victims' families and sharing the Spanish people's grief.
The crash occurred on Wednesday morning in Spain's central Toledo province, when a high-speed train hit a stationary train from behind on the Madrid-Seville railway line, killing at least 68 people and injuring dozens more, according to Spanish officials.
Later in the day, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced three days of national mourning and pledged a thorough investigation into the cause of the crash. ■